Project Management Office Manager

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring for a Project Management Office Manager/ PMO. This position is a full-time role with overall accountability for governmental experience, including customer engagements and implementations, solution design, service evolution design, and project management. The PMO Director will provide contract-wide leadership for project management, customer engagements, implementations, solution design governance, service evolution, contract deliverables, agency onboarding, and implementation oversight.

Must be located in the Austin, TX metropolitan area, or San Angelo, TX as applicable. Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Austin, TX metropolitan area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain overall accountability for project management, customer engagements, and implementations across the contract.
• Provide governance for solution design and manage the Request for Solution (RFS) process.
• Lead service evolution design and execution.
• Manage contract deliverables across the full contract lifecycle.
• Lead customer agency engagement activities.
• Manage customer agency onboarding projects.
• Provide implementation oversight and ensure successful transition into operational service.
• Manage the Project Bench resource pool, providing flexible capacity for DIR-requested projects.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple service towers and stakeholders.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables.
• Ensure formal project deliverables meet applicable government contract requirements.
• Coordinate project execution within the MSI/multi-vendor environment.
• Serve as a direct interface with DIR and customer agencies on project-related matters.
• Support solution development, service evolution initiatives, and implementation planning throughout the contract lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience
• 8+ years of program and project management experience on government IT contracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple simultaneous large-scale IT implementation projects.
• Strong experience with government IT program and project management.
• Experience managing formal project deliverables and compliance requirements within government IT contracts.
• Experience working within a multi-vendor/MSI environment.
• Familiarity with ITIL service management processes.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow project management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to interface directly with DIR, government stakeholders, and customer agencies.
• Strong organizational, leadership, project governance, risk management, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a complex, enterprise-scale IT environment.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Texas state government agency engagement experience
• Experience supporting Texas state agencies or comparable state government organizations.
• Experience with government customer onboarding and implementation programs.
• Experience with solution design governance and formal Request for Solution (RFS) processes.
• Experience managing service evolution and technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-tower IT programs.
• Experience with ServiceNow project and portfolio management capabilities.
• Experience working within complex MSI/multi-vendor government IT environments.
• Experience managing flexible project resources or project bench capacity.
• ITIL v4 Foundation preferred

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.